Pharma Firm Bayer Hit With WINNTI Malware

The German drug manufacturer Bayer reported it was hit with
a cyberattack launched from China that used WINNTI malware that resided on its
network for at least one year.

The company told Reuters
it found the malware in its system in early 2018 and then studied and analyzed until
last month when it was removed. A Bayer spokesman told Reuters there is no evidence
of data was removed, but the company is still studying the overall impact the
malware had on its system.

The company is not exactly sure when the malware was injected.

Bayer’s internal cybersecurity team said the attackers used WINNTI
malware, a trojan associated with a Chinese
APT group of the same name.